Rock House

Rock House is a house that dates from the 18th century or possibly earlier, which was remodeled and extended around the 1830s or 1840s. It is constructed of rough rendered stone and features slate and clay plain tile roofs with stone coping at the gable ends. The building has gable-end and axial stacks with brick and stone shafts.

The plan consists of a three-room main range with a cross-passage. The central room projects at the front, with the former kitchen on the right and a parlour on the left. There is a large outshut behind the right-hand end that contains the stair hall, kitchen, scullery, and pantry. The original 18th-century house occupies the two left rooms, while the cross-passage and right-hand room were remodeled or added when the outshut was built.

The exterior is three storeys high and has an asymmetrical facade with one bay on the left, one bay in the center, and two bays on the right. The left bay features 18th-century three-light stone mullion windows with bowel mouldings. The center bay projects and has a hipped roof with a rebuilt three-storey canted bay window. The right-hand side has a two-window range with deeply chamfered 19th-century stone window frames, hoodmoulds, and two-light casements with glazing bars. The ground floor on the right has a similar three-light window and a doorway with a panelled and glazed door, along with a 19th-century stone porch that has a hoodmould and moulded parapet coping. At the rear, the roof of the 19th-century east range extends down as a catslide over a large outshut on the left, which features a three-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window and a plank door on the right.

Inside, there are some 18th-century two-panel doors on the first floor, but most of the interior joinery is early to mid-19th century. This includes panelled doors, chimneypieces, a china cupboard, a niche in the parlour, and two staircases. The main staircase has stick balusters and a moulded handrail that is wreathed over a thin column newel at the curtail, while the attic staircase also features stick balusters and a column newel.